Music weekly learning programmes
Join us in Oxford or online
Studied on a weekly schedule, usually over one term (10 weeks), our weekly learning programmes in music include courses that meet in Oxford, online courses with live-time sessions, and flexible online courses
As well as weekly classes, we also offer day schools, flexible online courses and summer schools in music.
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Upcoming courses
Online - flexible • Short courses
The aim of musical analysis is to understand how music exerts such a powerful effect on us. This course introduces some of the main approaches as we attempt to bridge the gap between our intuitions about music and our intellectual knowledge of it.
- Mon 08 Sep 2025 – 21 Nov 2025
In-person weekly • Short courses
This course is designed for anyone who would like to sing, but feels that they can't. Through a mixture of seminars and workshops, consideration will be given to various common vocal problems and their solutions.
- Mon 30 Sep 2024 – Mon 02 Dec 2024
- 10 meetings
- 7:00 – 9:00pm
Online - live • Short courses
Explore the basics of classical music theory - notation, rhythm, melody, harmony and form - relating theory to practice with examples from over three centuries of repertoire. Also helpful for those preparing for music theory exams.
- Mon 30 Sep 2024 – 02 Dec 2024
- 10 meetings
- 2:30 – 3:30pm
In-person weekly • Short courses
Starting with the birth of Italian opera around 1600, this course charts its development through the masterpieces of Monteverdi, Handel, Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, Verdi and Puccini.
- Mon 30 Sep 2024 – Mon 02 Dec 2024
- 10 meetings
- 2:00 – 4:00pm
In-person weekly • Short courses
The works of Elgar and Vaughan Williams represent a vibrant resurgence of creativity and innovation in the English musical landscape, inspiring generations of composers, including Holst, Delius and Walton. This course explores their music and legacy.
- Wed 02 Oct 2024 – Wed 04 Dec 2024
- 10 meetings
- 7:00 – 9:00pm
In-person weekly • Short courses
Explore piano repertoire, interpretation and technique in a lively mixture of talks and workshops, in which all students will have regular opportunities to play. This class is open to players of all levels and you may join the class in any term.
- Wed 02 Oct 2024 – Wed 04 Dec 2024
- 10 meetings
- 4:30 – 6:30pm
Analysing Classical Music: An Introduction
The aim of musical analysis is to understand how music exerts such a powerful effect on us. This course introduces some of the main approaches...Peter Nostrand
Peter visits regularly from the States to take our weekly classes in music while his wife takes our history classes.